COMFORT, WILL LEVINGTON

(1878), b. in Kalamazoo, Mich. High school education. Served in the Spanish American War with the 5th Cavalry, 1888. Was war correspondent in China and the Philippine Islands in 1899 for the Detroit Journal Newspaper Syndicate and was also war correspondent for the Pittsburgh Dispatch Newspaper Syndicate in Japan and Ru ia in 1904. In addition to many short stories for yarious magazines, he wrote: Rutledge Rides Alone, 1910; Fate Knocks at the Door, 1912; Down Among Men, 1913; Midstream, 1914; Red Fleece and Lot and Co., 1915; Child and Couniry, 1916; The Hie and The Shielding Wing, in 1918; Son of Power, 1920; and This Man’s World, in 1921.